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This article provides an overview of the Nix Community, to give an idea of who we — the users and maintainers of the Nix Ecosystem — are. To find the various ways to reach us, see [[Get In Touch|get in touch]].

== People ==

[[Category:~~Discussion~~]]

Nix Ecosystem users and contributors are a mixed bunch, ranging from hobbyist to professional, from industry to academia. Typical user groups include:

* '''desktop users''' using Nix and NixOS to make life on their personal machines easier;

* '''power users''' duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines;

* '''gamers''' using NixOS to declaratively configure unbreakable and sharable gaming setups;

* '''developers''' using Nix to reproducibly build their software, and to manage various development environments;

* '''system administrators''' declaratively configuring servers and clusters with NixOS and NixOps;

* '''researchers''' interested in making the computation in their research reproducible.

== Institutions ==

=== NixOS Foundation ===

The [https://nixos.org/community/teams/foundation-board NixOS Foundation] is responsible for providing operational and organizational support to the [[Nix Ecosystem]] and community. It also funds the [https://hydra.nixos.org/ official Hydra instance] which builds the Nixpkgs collection.

The ecosystem is developed and maintained by many individuals and self-organised [https://nixos.org/community/#governance-teams community teams].

=== Consultants ===

There are several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:

* [https://determinate.systems/ Determinate Systems]

* [https://nixcademy.com/ Nixcademy]

* [https://numtide.com/ Numtide]

* [https://obsidian.systems/ Obsidian Systems]

* [https://serokell.io/ Serokell]

* [https://www.tweag.io/ Tweag I/O]

=== Industry ===

Many companies utilize Nix-based systems for various purposes. Prominent examples include:

* [https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/9473-london-nixos-january-meetup Mozilla] (see also [https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla nixpkgs-mozilla])

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VH945-AaRY Tumblr]

* [https://shopify.engineering/shipit-presents-how-shopify-uses-nix Shopify] also [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs youtube playlist] by @burke

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4DgATIjx9E LumiGuide]

* [https://rhodecode.com/ RhodeCode]

* [https://awakesecurity.com/ Awake Security]

* [https://www.atlassian.com/ Atlassian]

* [https://www.replit.com/ Replit]

* [https://www.magneticinsight.com Magnetic Insight], a medical imaging company.

=== Academia ===

Nix has its roots in academia; Nix was the result of [https://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis] in the University of Utrecht, and Hydra was developed at the Technical University of Delft. Some academic research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further - notably some work is planned on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AED-dgCa9GU incremental builds] by Guillaume Maudoux as part of his PhD.

Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters, since its resolution of dependency problems allows letting users install packages ad-hoc with greatly reduced risk of breaking things. Academic clusters utilizing Nix-based software include some of the biggest clusters in the world:

* [https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/ Human Brain Project]

* [https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ Blue Brain Project]

=== Podcasts ===

- [https://fulltimenix.com/ Full Time Nix]

== Contribute ==

[[Category:Pedias]]

[[Category:Community]]

~~[[Category:Incomplete]]~~

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-{{warning|text="This discussion article is incomplete, so contributions are welcome. Please consult the [[:Category:Discussion|discussion article metapage]] for guidelines on contributing to discussion articles."}}
+This article provides an overview of the Nix Community, to give an idea of who we &mdash; the users and maintainers of the Nix Ecosystem &mdash; are. To find the various ways to reach us, see [[Get In Touch|get in touch]].
+== People ==
-[[Category:Discussion]]
+Nix Ecosystem users and contributors are a mixed bunch, ranging from hobbyist to professional, from industry to academia. Typical user groups include:
+* '''desktop users''' using Nix and NixOS to make life on their personal machines easier;
+* '''power users''' duplicating their environment across their personal and work machines;
+* '''gamers''' using NixOS to declaratively configure unbreakable and sharable gaming setups;
+* '''developers''' using Nix to reproducibly build their software, and to manage various development environments;
+* '''system administrators''' declaratively configuring servers and clusters with NixOS and NixOps;
+* '''researchers''' interested in making the computation in their research reproducible.
+== Institutions ==
+=== NixOS Foundation ===
+The [https://nixos.org/community/teams/foundation-board NixOS Foundation] is responsible for providing operational and organizational support to the [[Nix Ecosystem]] and community. It also funds the [https://hydra.nixos.org/ official Hydra instance] which builds the Nixpkgs collection.
+The ecosystem is developed and maintained by many individuals and self-organised [https://nixos.org/community/#governance-teams community teams].
+=== Consultants ===
+There are several qualified consultants that can provide support for Nix-based systems:
+* [https://determinate.systems/ Determinate Systems]
+* [https://nixcademy.com/ Nixcademy]
+* [https://numtide.com/ Numtide]
+* [https://obsidian.systems/ Obsidian Systems]
+* [https://serokell.io/ Serokell]
+* [https://www.tweag.io/ Tweag I/O]
+=== Industry ===
+Many companies utilize Nix-based systems for various purposes. Prominent examples include:
+* [https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/9473-london-nixos-january-meetup Mozilla] (see also [https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla nixpkgs-mozilla])
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VH945-AaRY Tumblr]
+* [https://shopify.engineering/shipit-presents-how-shopify-uses-nix Shopify] also [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGI9KQ3_HP_OFRG6R-p4iFgMSK1t5BHs youtube playlist] by @burke
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4DgATIjx9E LumiGuide]
+* [https://rhodecode.com/ RhodeCode]
+* [https://awakesecurity.com/ Awake Security]
+* [https://www.atlassian.com/ Atlassian]
+* [https://www.replit.com/ Replit]
+* [https://www.magneticinsight.com Magnetic Insight], a medical imaging company.
+=== Academia ===
+Nix has its roots in academia; Nix was the result of [https://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis] in the University of Utrecht, and Hydra was developed at the Technical University of Delft. Some academic research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further - notably some work is planned on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AED-dgCa9GU incremental builds] by Guillaume Maudoux as part of his PhD.
+Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters, since its resolution of dependency problems allows letting users install packages ad-hoc with greatly reduced risk of breaking things. Academic clusters utilizing Nix-based software include some of the biggest clusters in the world:
+* [https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/ Human Brain Project]
+* [https://bluebrain.epfl.ch/ Blue Brain Project]
+=== Podcasts ===
+- [https://fulltimenix.com/ Full Time Nix]
+== Contribute ==
+{{main|Contributing}}
+[[Category:Pedias]]
 [[Category:Community]]
-[[Category:Incomplete]]